释义 |
double-ˈender 1. Anything having two ends alike; spec. a kind of gun-boat rounded fore and aft. U.S.
1865Star 3 Feb., The double-ender Sassacus..caught one of the shells..which carried away the skylight of the cabin. 1871Proctor Light Sc. 219 The United States double-ender ‘Wateree’. 18..Amer. Antiquarian IX. 370 (Cent.) It may be styled a double-ender spear, for each extremity of it is pointed in an identical manner. 2. A cross-cut sawing-machine, with two adjustable circular saws, for sawing both ends of timber. |